Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court January 11, 1876 (Petersilea v. Stone)

Devens, J.

If Farr was an officer defacto, the validity of the service by him of the notice to take the poor debtor’s oath cannot be inquired into collaterally. Coolidge v. Brigham, 1 Allen, 333. In order to show that he was not, the plaintiff relies upon the statement of Bigelow, C. J., in Fitchburg Railroad v.